| It may very well be that this is ultimately connected to unipolarity and the dominance of a neo-liberal hegemonic state in the form of the United States. |
| If carried through, it would mark the end of a quarter-century of unipolarity. |
| After decades of a bipolar world, the situation of unipolarity must be transitory and in this the European Union's contribution will be decisive. |
| The waning unipolarity has given way to the multiple power centers with growing spheres of influence. |
| One result of 1989 was the end of a bipolar world, but after a brief 20-year reign the period of American unipolarity is also ending, many Europeans say. |
| Out of nervousness about unipolarity, they might underestimate the dangers of a multipolar system in which nonliberal and nondemocratic powers would come to outweigh Europe. |
